A search of the Ministry of Attorney Generals Execution database to determine if a writ of execution granting a court order to put in force a judgment obtained by a plaintiff from a court.
If a debtor fails to make payment on a judgement a Writ of Execution can be issued by the Superior Court and a Writ can be filed at the local Sheriff/Enforcement office in the jurisdiction of the business or individual. The Execution Certificate will reveal any outstanding Writs on file and provide the Writ number.
Caution: The specifics of the Writ (date, amount, etc) are not included on the Execution Certificate, details can be obtained by ordering a Writ Detail Report.
| Personal Names - Surnames | If You Search | You Will Get |
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| Spaces are ignored when doing a surname search. The entire last name searched must match exactly. If you type a surname that has an internal space, or a hyphen or multiple capital letters, the search locates a range of matches. | WISE MANN, JOAN | WISE MANN, JOAN and WISEMANN, JOAN and WISE-MANN, JOAN |
| DAROSA, MARIA | Da Rosa, Maria and Darosa, Maria and DaRosa, Maria and Da-Rosa, Maria |
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| Personal Names - Given Names | If You Search | You Will Get |
| If you type a given name that has no internal space or hyphen, the search only locates exact matches. | JONES, MARYANN | JONES, MARYANN |
| If you type a given name that has an internal hyphen, the search locates exact matches for the combined name and also each portion of the name. | JONES, MARY-ANN | JONES, MARYANN and JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and JONES, MARY LYNN and JONES, MARY ANN |
| If you type a given name that has an internal space, the search locates exact matches for each portion of the name. | JONES, MARY ANN | JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and JONES, MARY LYNN and JONES, MARY ANN |
| The order in which given names are searched does not matter. If multiple given names are entered, a hit will result even if only one given name matches. When searching, single letter given names are ignored. |
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| Corporations | If You Search | You Will Get |
| Leading symbols - The system will provide matches whether or not the symbol is there. | $EVERY PLACE or $ EVERY PLACE | EVERY PLACE and $EVERY PLACE and $ EVERY PLACE |
| Numbered companies must have the number in the same sequence and location in the name to get a match. | 001122 ONTARIO LTD | 001122 ONTARIO LTD |
| Spaces and punctuation do not affect search results and would provide the following matches. | ACME CONSTRUCTION or A C M E CONSTRUCTION or A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION or A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION | ACME CONSTRUCTION and A C M E CONSTRUCTION and A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION and A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION |
| When doing a company search, the following sets of words are treated equally: (I) LTD=LTEE=LIMITED=LIMITEE (ii) INC=INCORPORATED=INCORPOREE (iii) CO=COMPANY=COMPAGNIE=CIE (iv) CORP=CORPORATION (v) AND=& but does not = ET (vi) THE=LE=LA=LES are ignored when searching |
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Reports will be emailed within 1 to 2 hours and will vary depending on the time of order and system availability.
